First, I’ve cross-referenced the 2014 list with last year’s, and come up with 19 breweries either new to the festival, or didn’t participate in 2013. That’s followed by a list of the returnees, divided by area, so you can sample some brews from places you may not have visited yet.

The newbies:

BAD Brewing Co. (Mason)

Big Lake Brewing Co. (Holland)

Boatyard Brewing Co. (Kalamazoo)

Brewery Ferment (Traverse City)

Brewery Terra Firma (Traverse City)

Cellar Brewing Co. (Sparta)

Chelsea Alehouse (Chelsea)

Cotton Brewing Co. (Adrian)

Falling Down Beer Company (Warren)

Gonzo’s BiggDogg Brewing (Kalamazoo)

Gravel Bottom Brewery (Ada)

Griffin Claw Brewing Co. (Birmingham)

Latitude 42 Brewing Co. (Portage)

Osgood Brewing (Grandville)

Stormcloud Brewing Company (Frankfort)

Tapistry Brewing (Bridgman)

Tri-City Brewing (Bay City)

Unity Vibration (Ypsilanti)

Unruly Brewing Co. (Muskegon)

The rest of the breweries, by area:

Grand Rapids/West Michigan:

57 Brew Pub and Bistro (Greenville)

The B.O.B.’s Brewery (Grand Rapids)

Brewery Vivant (Grand Rapids)

Founders Brewing Company (Grand Rapids)

Grand Rapids Brewing Co. (Grand Rapids)

Harmony Brewing Co. (Grand Rapids)

Hideout Brewing Company (Grand Rapids)

Hopcat (Grand Rapids)

Jaden James Brewery (Kentwood)

The Mitten Brewing Co. (Grand Rapids)

New Holland Brewing Co. (Holland)

Odd Side Ales (Grand Haven)

Old Boys’ Brewhouse (Spring Lake)

Our Brewing Co. (Holland)

Perrin Brewing Co. (Comstock Park)

Pike 51 Brewing Co. (Hudsonville)

Rockford Brewing Co. (Rockford)

Schmohz Brewing Company (Grand Rapids)

Vander Mill (Spring Lake)

Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro (Hastings)

White Flame Brewing Co. (Hudsonville)

Detroit/Ann Arbor:

51 North Brewing Co. (Lake Orion)

Arbor Brewing Co. (Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti)

Atwater Brewery (Detroit)

Blue Tractor BBQ and Brewery (Ann Arbor)

Detroit Beer Co. (Detroit)

Dragonmead Brewery (Warren)

Great Baraboo Brewing Co. (Clinton Township)

Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. (Ann Arbor)

Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales (Dexter)

Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. (Warren)

Liberty Street Brewing Co. (Plymouth)

Lily’s Seafood Grill and Brewery (Royal Oak)

MIP Brewery (Royal Oak)

Motor City Brewing Works (Detroit)

Original Gravity Brewing Co. (Milan)

Rochester Mills Beer Co. (Rochester)

Royal Oak Brewery (Royal Oak)

Sherwood Brewing Company (Shelby Township)

Witch’s Hat Brewing Co. (South Lyon)

Wolverine State Brewing Co. (Ann Arbor)

Woodward Avenue Brewers (Ferndale)

Lansing/Mid-Michigan:

Cranker’s Brewery (Big Rapids)

Eaglemonk Pub and Brewery (Lansing)

Frankenmuth Brewing Co. (Frankenmuth)

Mount Pleasant Brewing Co. (Mt. Pleasant)

Northern Lower Michigan:

Beards Brewery (Petoskey)

Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse (Gaylord)

The Filling Station Microbrewery (Traverse City)

Jamesport Brewing Co. (Ludington)

North Peak Brewing Co. (Traverse City)

Petoskey Brewing Co. (Petoskey)

Right Brain Brewery (Traverse City)

Short’s Brewing Company (Bellaire)

Upper Peninsula:

Blackrocks Brewery (Marquette)

Ore Dock Brewing Co. (Marquette)

Southwest Michigan:

Arcadia Brewing Co. (Battle Creek)

Bell’s Brewery (Kalamazoo)

Dark Horse Brewing Co. (Marshall)

Greenbush Brewing Co. (Sawyer)

The Livery (Benton Harbor)

Olde Peninsula Brewpub and Restaurant (Kalamazoo)

Paw Paw Brewing Co. (Paw Paw)

Pleasant House Brewing Company (Three Oaks)

Round Barn Brewery (Baroda)

Saugatuck Brewing Company (Douglas)

Flint/Saginaw area:

Midland Brewing Co. (Midland)

Redwood Brewing Company (Flint)

John Serba is film critic and entertainment reporter for MLive and The Grand Rapids Press. Email him at jserba@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter or Facebook.